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  • 'Terrifying' interrogation': American faces 12 years in Turks and Caicos prison after 4 rounds of hunting ammo found in his luggage

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 21:38 pm

    'Terrifying' interrogation': American faces 12 years in Turks and Caicos prison after 4 rounds of hunting ammo found in his luggage An American man's dream vacation has turned into a nightmare. He is now facing 12 years in a Turks and Caicos prison after four rounds of hunting ammunition were found in his luggage. Ryan Watson, 40, was looking for rest and relaxation when he went on a tropical vacation with his wife to the Caribbean island of Turks and Caicos. However, Watson said that he had been subjected to "terrifying interrogation" and exorbitant living fees[…]

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  • 'Like a freight train': Videos show widespread destruction as tornadoes ravage Nebraska and Iowa, more storms pose perilous threats

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 20:15 pm

    'Like a freight train': Videos show widespread destruction as tornadoes ravage Nebraska and Iowa, more storms pose perilous threats Parts of Nebraska and Iowa were ravaged by powerful tornadoes on Friday. Weather experts predict that new storms could bring even more destruction to the Midwest region. Hundreds of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed by the ferocity of the storm's fury, especially in a suburb of Omaha, Nebraska. — (@) On Saturday, residents of Elkhorn were sifting through the rubble after a tornado decimated the area. “We watched it touch down like 200[…]

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  • Florida school failed to address 'ticking time bomb' teen who brutally beat his teacher over a Nintendo Switch

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 19:15 pm

    Florida school failed to address 'ticking time bomb' teen who brutally beat his teacher over a Nintendo Switch A large autistic Florida teenager who violently beat his teacher's aid unconscious over a video game was reportedly a "ticking time bomb," the boy's attorneys said in a petition filed against the student's school earlier this week.Brendan Depa's legal team blamed the Flagler County School District for not meeting the boy's needs before the attack, which took place in February 2023, according to the New York Post. The brutal attack left paraprofessional Joan Naydich with[…]

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  • Families of Boeing crash victims speak out, demand consequences for the company's errors

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 18:15 pm

    Families of Boeing crash victims speak out, demand consequences for the company's errors Boeing has consistently come under fire since a door plug blew out mid-flight on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year. Some of the scrutiny the company has faced has come as a result of deadly errors in manufacturing, according to Fox News Digital.One mother — who reportedly lost her daughter in a 2019 Boeing crash — has demanded the aircraft manufacturer be held to account for those killed in at least two separate crashes.Nadia[…]

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  • Emily Blunt says algorithms 'frustrate me,' adds it cannot determine 'what will be successful'

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 17:15 pm

    Emily Blunt says algorithms 'frustrate me,' adds it cannot determine 'what will be successful' Hollywood star Emily Blunt — who recently played Robert Oppenheimer's wife in Christopher Nolan's recent film "Oppenheimer" — has suggested algorithms should not determine the success of a film of television show. Deadline Hollywood reported the Oscar nominee joined Ryan Gosling for a Vanity Fair Italy cover story, where Blunt communicated her frustration with algorithm-driven decision making in the arts.The report noted that Nolan's "Oppenheimer" was the sort of film that an algorithm would likely[…]

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  • Meta AI is free, but it cannot be trusted: Report

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 16:15 pm

    Meta AI is free, but it cannot be trusted: Report Meta has recently released a large language model, Llama 3, that powers "Meta AI," which is a chatbot that has been implemented into several of the company's social media apps. But some in the tech world have noted that it is free to use, which, unfortunately, reflects the quality of the artificially intelligent bot. Tech Crunch reported that the chatbot "tends to regurgitate a lot of web search results, and it doesn't excel at anything,[…]

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  • 'A political tool': The recent TikTok ban could still help Democrats in the 2024 presidential election

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 15:15 pm

    'A political tool': The recent TikTok ban could still help Democrats in the 2024 presidential election The New York Post reported that the bipartisan effort to get TikTok to divest from its Chinese-owned parent company ByteDance contained something that could help Democrats in the 2024 presidential election.The bill, which passed last week as part of a $95 billion foreign-aid package, has given TikTok nine months to break away from Chinese-owned ByteDance or face a complete ban in the United States. However, the timeframe can be extended by up to a year[…]

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  • DEI worker sues University of Minnesota after she was fired for posing in front of an Israeli flag littered with swastikas

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 14:15 pm

    DEI worker sues University of Minnesota after she was fired for posing in front of an Israeli flag littered with swastikas A former DEI manager at the University of Minnesota is suing the school for letting her go after she posted a photo that appeared to show her posing near an Israeli flag littered with swastikas, according to the Star Tribune.Mashal Sherzad accused the institution of violating her First Amendment rights as well as discriminating against her, according to a filing this week.As a result, Sherzad is seeking $75,000 in damages and wants to be reinstated[…]

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  • Revealed: Israel’s battle against UNRWA

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 13:00 pm

    Revealed: Israel’s battle against UNRWA UNRWA is a UN agency that supports the relief of Palestinian refugees, but according to the residents of Jerusalem, that’s not all it supports. The organization is under protest by Jerusalem residents who claim it supports radicalism and anti-Semitism — and Mark Levin agrees. “We have paid hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars into this organization to try and help the Palestinian citizens in Gaza,” Levin says, revealing that’s not where the[…]

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  • 'Those children were hunted down and killed': Oklahoma police stunned by family massacre where 10-year-old boy was unharmed

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 02:50 am

    'Those children were hunted down and killed': Oklahoma police stunned by family massacre where 10-year-old boy was unharmed Oklahoma neighbors of a family are shocked and saddened by the gruesome murder-suicide being reported by police on Monday. A 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and three siblings shot to death and called police from their Oklahoma City home at about 9:35 a.m., police said. After an investigation, police said that 42-year-old Jonathon Candy got into an argument with his 39-year-old wife, Lindsay Candy, in the middle of the night and then shot[…]

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  • New Mexico grandmom says home intruder didn't listen to her warning, so she shot him to protect her 4-year-old granddaughter

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 01:30 am

    New Mexico grandmom says home intruder didn't listen to her warning, so she shot him to protect her 4-year-old granddaughter A grandmother in New Mexico recalls the terror of the night she shot a home intruder in order to protect her 4-year-old granddaughter. Blaze News previously reported the incident from March 21, but new details have been revealed through the release of the harrowing 911 recording from the night and the victim's interview with KRQE-TV. Anissa Tinnin said that she was happily dancing to the Taylor Swift movie with her granddaughter when her serene evening[…]

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  • As many as 59 women were exposed to HIV infection over 'vampire facials' and Botox injections, health officials say

    Blaze Media Apr 27, 2024 | 00:45 am

    As many as 59 women were exposed to HIV infection over 'vampire facials' and Botox injections, health officials say A report warned that Botox injections and "vampire facials" have led to some women being infected with HIV because of unsanitary conditions at a spa in New Mexico. "This investigation is the first to associate HIV transmission with nonsterile cosmetic injection services," read a statement from the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three women tested positive for HIV after receiving the novel cosmetic operations. The report found that they were infected[…]

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  • Is Speaker Mike Johnson REALLY a conservative?

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 23:40 pm

    Is Speaker Mike Johnson REALLY a conservative? In 2018, the Daily Beast published an article titled “Meet the Double Agent Who Now Controls House Conservatives,” in reference to now-Speaker Mike Johnson. The article alleges that Johnson was a “mole” for the House Freedom Caucus to infiltrate the larger Republican congressional groups, and with the way things have been going, Glenn Beck is wondering if there’s a chance the article may have been right. Christopher Bedford, Blaze Media's new Washington correspondent and senior[…]

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  • Female Secret Service agent with troubling history allegedly becomes violent with colleagues: 'Never should have been hired'

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 23:15 pm

    Female Secret Service agent with troubling history allegedly becomes violent with colleagues: 'Never should have been hired' An erratic and apparently violent outburst from a female Secret Service agent earlier this week has sparked questions regarding agency hiring practices and recent initiatives to increase the number of female agents.Michelle Herczeg seemed to have a bad day on Monday. The Secret Service agent arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland around 9 a.m. as part of a security detail for Vice President Kamala Harris, who was scheduled to depart the base later that[…]

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  • Georgia police say man shot and killed armed thug trying to rob him in parking garage: 'I just had to shoot somebody'

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 22:25 pm

    Georgia police say man shot and killed armed thug trying to rob him in parking garage: 'I just had to shoot somebody' A Georgia man told police that he thwarted an attempted armed robbery after pulling his own gun and shooting the thug who allegedly threatened him. Hapeville police released a panicked 911 call from the victim after the shooting at the Atlantic Aerotropolis on S. Fulton Ave. on April 15 at about 9:30 a.m. “Hey, I just had to shoot somebody in the top floor of the parking deck,” said the man on the emergency call[…]

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  • Australian tyrants want to imprison Elon Musk for this...

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 21:53 pm

    Australian tyrants want to imprison Elon Musk for this... When a 16-year-old Muslim apparently stabbed Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a church service in Australia, Elon Musk’s X erupted with footage of the attack. Now, Australia is demanding that Elon Musk remove the video from X — not just in Australia, but around the world. However, not only does the bishop want the video to remain up, but Musk has so far refused to remove the video. “That video was caught by the church[…]

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  • Weekend Watch: 'A Gentleman in Moscow' shows revolution's toll

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 21:52 pm

    Weekend Watch: 'A Gentleman in Moscow' shows revolution's toll A Columbia University protester named Khymani James was recently caught on camera proclaiming that "Zionists don't deserve to live." Like many of the young people currently disrupting campus and civic life around the country, James' grievances go far beyond what's happening in the Gaza strip. He is a committed foe of "white supremacy" and an advocate for "decolonization." From his self-description as "queer," one can assume he shares the usual objections to "heteronormativity" and a[…]

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  • Trump's attorneys cross-examine David Pecker, poke holes in alleged 'catch-and-kill' scheme

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 21:17 pm

    Trump's attorneys cross-examine David Pecker, poke holes in alleged 'catch-and-kill' scheme The prosecution wrapped up its direct examination of its first witness, former publisher at National Enquirer David Pecker, on Thursday, leaving the defense team some time to begin its cross-examination the same day.On Friday, Emil Bove, an attorney for Donald Trump, continued questioning Pecker, who claimed during his testimony that he purchased the rights to multiple unfavorable stories about Trump to ensure they never went to publication. Pecker's actions were referred to as a "catch-and-kill"[…]

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  • 'Good SAT scores and self-entitlement do not supersede the law': NYPD responds to AOC's criticism of police at Columbia

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 20:55 pm

    'Good SAT scores and self-entitlement do not supersede the law': NYPD responds to AOC's criticism of police at Columbia The New York Police Department chief of patrol responded to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) after she criticized the police for their "horrific" choice of enforcing the law against students at Columbia University.The politician known as AOC recently responded to the NYPD deploying counterterrorism units to the campus of Columbia University to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters."Not only did Columbia make the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students, but the units called in have some[…]

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  • Christian family paid for a meet and greet with Disney's Evil Queen but wound up with 'a man dressed in drag'

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 20:37 pm

    Christian family paid for a meet and greet with Disney's Evil Queen but wound up with 'a man dressed in drag' A conservative Christian family hazarded a visit to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, earlier this month, likely hoping to create some good memories. The parents shelled out hundreds of dollars for a dinner at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and a meet and greet with the Evil Queen — also known as Queen Grimhilde — from the 1937 classic film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." When time came for their close encounter at[…]

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  • DeSantis tells Biden administration to pound sand: Florida 'will not comply' with woke Title IX rules

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 17:20 pm

    The Biden administration released its final Title IX regulations last week, effectively establishing "gender identity" as a protected class and requiring tens of thousands of schools across the country to embrace radical gender ideology, largely at the expense of girls. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) told the Democratic administration to pound sand Thursday, declaring the Sunshine State "will not comply." Rules from radicals According to the late Birch Bayh of Indiana, the Democratic senator who[…]

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  • Bare-knuckle champ Bobby Gunn: 'You gotta kill me to beat me'

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 13:00 pm

    Bare-knuckle champ Bobby Gunn: 'You gotta kill me to beat me' "She's beautiful, oh, she's beautiful! Mabel's beautiful. She's a baby, oh, she's a puppy!" The way bare-knuckle boxing legend Bobby Gunn dotes on my 7-month-old French Bulldog/Boston Terrier mix makes me regret we're not in the same room; I have a feeling they'd get along great. But even through the screen of my laptop, his genuine affection is clear. I showed Gunn Mabel after finding out he has a French Bulldog of his own, a[…]

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  • Regulating AI won't protect Americans; it's about Big Tech having a monopoly

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 12:45 pm

    Regulating AI won't protect Americans; it's about Big Tech having a monopoly The more I read and write about AI, the firmer I get in my conviction that Big Tech incumbents absolutely must strangle the decentralized AI in its cradle before it wrecks everything.Take a look at this interview Ben Thompson did with OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. I call your attention to this part in particular:From Microsoft’s perspective, is this going to be a funnel into new products or do you see it[…]

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  • Biden’s Title IX twist turns women’s sports into a coed battleground

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 12:00 pm

    Biden’s Title IX twist turns women’s sports into a coed battleground When it comes to women’s sports, Joe Biden and James Brown agree: This is a man’s world. This is the only conclusion to draw after the Department of Education recently released an update to Title IX that expands existing prohibitions against discrimination based on “sex” to include, among other things, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.The president and his administration just proved that all their talk about women’s rights is empty rhetoric meant[…]

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  • The dangerous public-private partnerships behind America’s elections

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 11:45 am

    The dangerous public-private partnerships behind America’s elections Why have so many Americans lost faith in our election system? Have you lost faith? I would like to discuss how we can fix the loss of trust in our electoral system, but to do so, we must first address the root of the problem.I do not want to discuss the results of 2020 here. But we do need to look at the system that was unleashed during the pandemic: expanded absentee voting, mass mail-in[…]

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  • A shocking number of voters are open to election fraud

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 11:15 am

    A shocking number of voters are open to election fraud A new survey by the Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports shows that more than one in four likely voters say they would break election laws in the 2024 election, “if given the opportunity.” The results raise serious questions not only about political polarization in America but also whether the country’s election laws are secure enough to stop illegal voting in the next election and beyond. The Heartland-Rasmussen poll asked 1,467 likely voters whether they plan[…]

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  • Thomas Massie exposes Mike Johnson’s three big betrayals

    Blaze Media Apr 26, 2024 | 10:45 am

    Thomas Massie exposes Mike Johnson’s three big betrayals U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) joined me on my show earlier this week for a lively chat about House Speaker Mike Johnson’s three disastrous betrayals to the Republican Party and why he needs to resign. Here is an edited transcript of our discussion.Thomas Massie: Let’s talk about the three big betrayals that we’ve seen in the last few weeks. The first was the omnibus. It was bigger than any omnibus that Nancy Pelosi passed. It[…]

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  • 10 reasons not to buy an electric car

    Blaze Media Apr 25, 2024 | 11:15 am

    10 reasons not to buy an electric car Align: Vroom editors Paul Brian and Lauren Fix may be seasoned car industry experts, but that doesn't mean they're completely immune to the electric vehicle hype. "As far as looks ... spectacular," says Lauren. "Technology, amazing. And all of this entices you because the car manufacturers are doing something completely different than they did before." But those compliments come with some pretty big misgivings. Should you hop on board the EV bandwagon? Paul and Lauren[…]

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  • Survivor of communist concentration camp makes peace with dying in US prison over peaceful pro-life protest

    Blaze Media Apr 24, 2024 | 14:20 pm

    Survivor of communist concentration camp makes peace with dying in US prison over peaceful pro-life protest A Christian pro-life activist who survived a communist concentration camp in post-war Yugoslavia is now making peace with the possibility she may not outlast the Biden administration. Eva Edl, 88, has long been familiar with the consequences of dehumanization. After the Nazi forces were routed in Europe and the war at large was coming to an end, Edl, not yet 10 years old, was tossed into one of communist dictator Josip "Tito" Broz's concentration camps[…]

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  • From quiet caucus member to House speaker: The Mike Johnson story

    Blaze Media Apr 24, 2024 | 12:45 pm

    From quiet caucus member to House speaker: The Mike Johnson story “Meet the Double Agent Who Now Controls House Conservatives,” the headline reads. “The spy’s mission was simple,” the story begins. “Gain their trust, become one of them, and eventually take them over.” The article claims to describe “the perfect mole” — a “clean-cut” politician “hungry for power and influence.” The subject: Republican Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana. The twist: It was written in November 2018 — five years before Johnson rose to become the unlikely[…]

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